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tiger lily

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tiger lily
n.
An eastern Asian perennial (Lilium lancifolium) having large black-spotted reddish-orange flowers with reflexed petals and purplish bulbils in the leaf axils.
tiger lily
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a lily plant, Lilium tigrinum, of China and Japan, cultivated for its flowers, which have black-spotted orange reflexed petals
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various similar lilies
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Noun1.tiger lilytiger lily - east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals
devil lily, kentan, Lilium lancifolium
lily - any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
2.tiger lily - lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals
Lilium catesbaei, pine lily, leopard lily
lily - any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers


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